Google Sheets function

TIME in Google Sheets

TIME with worked examples you can test in the live grid. The argument details are in the Excel guide.

In Google Sheets

The arguments and common errors are covered in the TIME Excel guide; check the function help in Google Sheets for its own argument list.

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Formula: A1: =TIME(12,0,0)*24

Result: 12

Multiplying the day fraction by 24 gives the hour count.

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Formula: A1: =HOUR(TIME(27,30,0))

Result: 3

Twenty-seven hours is one day plus three hours, and the day part is discarded.

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Formula: A1: =ROUND((TIME(17,30,0)-TIME(9,0,0))*24,2)

Result: 8.5

From 9:00 to 17:30 is 8.5 hours.

A tiny spreadsheet with example data. Edit the formula or any number and see the result.

Formula in F2: =TIME(9,30,0)

Result in F2: 09:30

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